Hotel legislation relaxed

THE Spanish government has relaxed the legionella prevention decree following a series of complaints by hoteliers regarding ‘unacceptable’ measures.

Benidorm hotelier association Hosbec had presented allegations to the Royal Decree announced by the national Health ministry, warning that many of the obligations were “unnecessary and disproportionate” and entailed “prohibitive” costs.

These allegations suggested that the ambiguous wording of the regulation could

UP to 40 people from 22 different countries took part in a training course on peace processes and conflict resolution in Alfaz del Pi last week. The course was created in 2003 with the aim of preparing professionals from diverse backgrounds interested in joining the Rapid Expert Assistance and Co-operation Teams (REACT) of the Organization for Security and Co- mean that they would have to empty swimming pools and jacuzzis with aerosols every six months, face the cost of having to analyse every water supply point in the bathrooms, or empty hot water tanks every three months, which could leave them without hot water for up to three days.

Finally last week the ministry published a new draft of the Royal Decree taking into account several of these allegations, with possibly more to come as the deadline to file appeals remains open until June 13.